Automobile-fender.



W. A. LINQUIST. AUTOMOBILE FENDER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 5, 1912. 1,085,988.

Patented Feb. 3, 1914 2 SHEETS- EET 2.

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Specification of "Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 3, 1914..

Application filed September 15, 191.2. Serial No. 718,647.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. LINQUIST, a citizen of the United States, residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Automobile-Fenders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invent-ion, such as Will enable others skilled in the art to which it apprtains to make and use the same. A My present invention has for its partieular object the provision of an extremely simple and highly etlicient tender for automobiles and similar vehicles, and is in the nature of an improvement on, or modificar tion or', the fender disclosed and claimed in my prior Patent, 1,033,425, of date July 23rd., 1912, and in my companion application, iiled Sept. 5, 1912, under Serial No. 718,646 and entitled Automobile fender and cooperating devices.

Generally stated, the invention consists of the novel devices and combinations of devices hereinafter described and defined in the claims.

In the accompanying. drawings, which illustrate my invention, like characters in.- dicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of the automobile and fender; Fig. 2 is a side elevation with some parts sectioned, and some parts broken away, showing the fender and the front portion of the automobile; Fig. 3 is a detail with some parts sectioned, approximately on the line fc3 of Fig. 2, but with some parts shown in full and with some parts broken away; Fig. 4 is a section on the line a# x4 of Fig. 3; and Fig. 5 is a section on the line m5 015 of Fig. 3.

A good many of the parts of the :tender attaching means disclosed in my said companion application, are ident-icalwith those of the present application, and such corresponding parts will be herein designated by the same numerals.

The chief novel feature of the present fender is found in the employment of a flexible curtain and curtain rollin and nnrolling devices, used as a' fender. 1n lieu of fwork, the numeral 2 the engine hood, the numeral t the front Wheels, the numeral 5 the front axle, the numeral 6 the front springs, and the numeral 7 the head lamps, which parts may be of the usual or any suitable construction. Long, vertically extended bearing sleeves 8 are rigidly secured to the projecting front ends of the side bars of the frame 1, this, as shown, being accomplished by brace rods 9, and by arms 10, which lat-ter'are formed integral with said sleeves and are riveted or bolted to said side bars. So-ealled plunger bars 11, which are also preferably tubular, are mounted to move vertically in the sleeves 8 and at their lower ends are provided with rigidly secured ground engaging shoes 12. The plunger bars 11 are yieldingly forced downward by gravity and by coiled'springs 1G, which springs are interposed in the sleeves 8 in a manner more fully disclosed in my said companion application.a

The novel fender apron herein employed comprises a Wide curtain 13 of heavy canvas, or any other suitable material which is capable of being rolled up and unrolled. Thiscurtain 13 is normally wound, to almost its entire extent, on a large roller 14, journaled at its intermediate portions in bearings supported by brackets 1'5, rigidly secured to the bearing sleeves 8. The roller 14, at its ends, projects beyond the sides of the front wheels 4, and the curtain 13 is in width, approximately, the full length of said roller, and at its innervedge is suitably secnred thereto, at 14 (see Fig. 5). Said curtain is cut away for a portion of its length, as shown at 13, to clear the bear ing brackets 15, and tension cables 17.A The said'cables 17, at their lower ends, are se cured to the roller 14 and are woundthere on reversely to the curtain 13, and they are extended upward over guide sheaves 17" on I the bearing sleeves 8 and are connected tol springs 17, suitably anchoredto the frame work l. These springs 17 exert-a yielding force, which operating on the roller 14, through the cables 17, tends tor keep the cnr tain 13 rolled up. curtain 13 is attached to a transverse bar or rod 19, the ends of which are rigidly secured to the upwardly and forwardly pro- The lower edgeiof the,

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jecting ends .of the slices 12 by clips 12. It.

may be here stated that the plunger bars 1l,

shoes 12and clips 12 constitute holders for the rod i9. These holders are held for straight. line vertical sliding movement by the sleeves 8.

'lhe plunger here ll, are provided with verticaliVT spaced notches 18, that afford ratchet, teeth which fire adapted to he engaged hy retaining dogs 29, secured to i roclr shaft 2?, mounted in suitable hearings on die sleeves 8, rllhe rock shrill; 27 is provided with upwardly extended tripping irnos 30, that are iidapted to be enge red hy the rear ends of forwardly proie-filing tripping plunpers 3l niounted in suitable hearings on the sleeves 8, and at their front ends Connected to :i transversely extended tripping har Springs 341, eoinpressed between the heads oi' the tripping plungere 3l :nid the hearings in which they aire niounted, yieldingly hold the Said trip ping hars and plungers in lorivmidly projected positions, :is shown iu 2, rind :is more fully illustrated in inv eoinpflnion epplioalion, filed lilepteniher 5, 1912:, under Serial No. 718,646, and :ihove identified. By means of a suilizihle spring not shown, the retaining dog.. are yieldiihly held engaged with the ratchet. teeth 18 ot the plunger hars ll, so 'that normally the said plunger hars and lilo in ruised poeitions, find the curtain 13, which constitutes lhe liody ol,t lender, 1will he held rolled up, hy the springs lia, is shown hy lull lines in lig.

lll/'heu the lripping bei' 33 is engaged end pres il rearward, the plungers 3l :ict on Ithe sirius SO, und servo lo release the doo-t-` 29 from the teeth 1S oi the plunger hars ll. 7lfVhcu tho said plunger here il are thus relezised. lli-4l fiction ot the springs i6 on smid plzuufer will forro the sur doivuivuid until the shoes 1Q slril'e the ground. 'lhirz .ficlion unrolls tho tender curtain :unl positions the suine :is indicated hy the dotted lines in The curtsiin is then held iu auch iioeition that it will ofiioh :i ierson who muy have lullen or heen knocked down :in front ol lho machine. lluithermore, this curtuin or lexilile fendi will yield when :i person, thrown :ig'riinel springs li will :illo'w the Curtain to unroll furihor, so is to permit the curtz'iin lo torni u Sort oi n por-liet in which 'to milch und hold :i [ier-sou thus caught. linneo. this cui-lulu. operating :is ii lender, no: only preveuis u porwu from heilig lhroii'n under the nuichiuo, liul liv its .ifioliliug' :unl cushion action` will mitrli the person in such u ivuy :is to lo the lrzist liosssihle injury,

Aliiusnuu'h :is the tripping lmr iuzilly in lrout of he lor, it clin almost always he relied upon lo he engaged hy a person in liront. i? he machine, 'who about to he run ou :ind lli ,hy to nutoniziticzilly trip the euch person who in llicir rear Walls,-

shoes l?, will he held the sume. :ind thev :noeireee over. However, suitable means, such as that more :Fully disclose/din my said companion zipi'ilicnlion, is preferably provided for inenunlly tripping the 'fender at will, and :is Shown, such means comprises a cable 39, ottsiched to one of the tripping levers 30, and extended rearward to a suitable foot-piece or lever, not shown. Also` I preferably provide menus whereby the fender may loe restored to normal position without requiring the operator to leave the machine. Such means is preferably that more fully disclosed 'in my sziiil companion application, and as shown` the said means includes the cable 6l, attached to the shoes 12, and passed over suitable `guide sheaves 6l. on the sleeves 8.

What l claim is l. fi, combination with :i vehicle, of ii roller supported in front thereof, :i bar, holders tor .seid bnr, fixed guides on Suid vehicle in which said holders :ire slidaloly mounted for straight line vertical movement, :ind zi curtain wound on suidroller and attached to said har.

2. il combination with .f1 vehicle, of :i fender comprising hearings supported in vfront ot the itrnino of seid machine, plunger hars niovsiblo 'vertically in said hearings, :ind i'irovided with shoes nt their lower ends, :i roller supported by said bearings. u curtain rod attached to said shoes, n. ,tender curtain wound on said roller und attached to said rod, .find yielding; luezins tending to rotule said roller in :i direction to wind up said curtain.

il. A Combination wit-h a vehicle, of :i

lender nttnohnient therefor supported in trout thereof und oomprisinfrn curtain roller. n cui-tuin rod` means including' holdslidulily mounted in guides lor moving one ol smid curtain holding parts vertically with respect to the other, .fi t'oiuler curtain u'ouiul ou said roller und :itizicliod lio sziid roll :uid yielding' menus. tending' to wind #uid curluin ou sziiil roller.

l'. .it couiliinution with :i vehicle. of :i fender attachment therefor. supported in l'ront thereof und' comprising :i curtain roller. :i curtain roll. melius incluiliug holderst slidzilily mounted in Aguides for moving` one ol siiid iiiirls vertically with respect to tho other. :i 'fender curtain Wound on said roller und :itluehed to said rod, and yieldingr menus tending to wind suid curtain on said roller. iniurisl `for securingl said holders with neeaeee roller supported by said bearings, a curtain rod attached to said shoes5 a fender curtain wound on said rolle;` and attached to said rod, and 'yielding means tending to rotate said roller in a direction to Wind up said curtain, springs 'tending to throw said plunger bars and shoes downward to thereby position said curtain for action, a retaining device operating on said plunger bars to hold the same' and said shoes raised and means operative on said retaining device to release said plunger bars and shoes.

G. A combination with a vehicle, of a fender comprising bearings supported in front of the frame of said machine, plunger bars movable vertically in said bearings, and provided with shoes at their lower ends, a roller sup-ported by'said bearings a curtain rod attached to said shoes, a fender curtain Wound on said roller and attached to said rod, and yielding means tending to rotate said roller in a direction to wind up saidv curtain, springs tending to throw said piunger bars and shoes downward to thereby position said curtain for action, a device operating on said plunger bars to hold the same and said shoes raised and means operative on said retaining device to release said plunger bars and shoes, the said means including'a tripping bar7 -yieldingly supported in front of said fender, substantially as described.

ln testimony whereof I aix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

VLLIAM A. LINQUIST. Witnesses HARRY D KILGORE, F. D. MERCHANT. 

